Vladimir Klimovskikh

Vladimir Efimovich Klimovskikh (27 May 1885-27 July 1941) was a Major-General of the Soviet Red Army during World War II. During Operation Barbarossa, Klimovskikh and almost every senior officer in the Soviet Western Front was recalled to Moscow, charged with military incompetence, and executed.

Biography
Vladimir Efimovich Klimovskikh was born in Kokand, Russian Empire in 1885, and he joined the Imperial Russian Army in 1913. He served as a Captain during World War I and then served in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. From 1932 to 1936, he taught at the Frunze Military Academy, and he became a brigade commander in 1935. With the outbreak of war on the Eastern Front of World War II in June 1941, Klimovskikh was made Chief of Staff of the Soviet Western Front, serving under Dmitry Pavlov. Following the Battle of Bialystok-Minsk, Klimovskikh, along with General Pavlov and all but one member of the Front Staff were recalled to Moscow, charged with military incompetence, and executed on 27 July 1941 at Communarka.